Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39534, William Foster, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Pa.
Foster, William
S. 39534
CONTENTS

79.651
Virginia
William Foster
Nicholas C. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Kirk of the regiment commanded by Colonel Gist in the Virginia line, for the term of three years. From _____ 1777 to _____ 1780.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d day of July, 1826
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d of Augt, 1826 and sent to Noah Davis Esq Nicholas C. H. ba
Arrears to 4th of Sept, 1826 $ 11.64 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$ 11.64 73
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

39 534 INVALID.
Rey: _____
File No. 39 534
William Foster
Ph. St. Louis
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

no. 34 Aug. 1826
No. 143
M c Foster
Pa
Noah Davis
Richards
38 1/2 8 1/2 10 1/2 12 1/2
Prisoners Office New Department City of Washington
at 6

Virginia to wit
Be it known that at a Court held and held for the County of Nicholas, at the Court house there of on the 10th day of May 1826 William Foster appeared in open Court and produced the following Declaration Nicholas County to wit - on this tenth day of May 1826 personally appeared in open Court it being out of Court - been sworn to such by an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia for the said County of Nicholas, William Foster, resident in said County, aged 65 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that he the said W. Foster enlisted for the term of three years in the year 1777, in the State of Virginia in the Company commanded by Capt. Peter Kent in the Regiment commanded by — in the line of the State of Virginia on the — Continental Establishment That he continued to serve in the said Corps for about six months from his enlistment, when he together with the Company in which he first enlisted were transferred to the Third Virginia Regiment under Capt. John Kirk that he continued to serve in said Third Virginia Regiment, being in command by Colonel Nathaniel Giles (also Col. R. Morris) General Woodford, that he marched to the White Plains Camp, near Germantown, that he was at the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of the Clouds, and the Battle of Red Bank, and the Battle of Red Bank, when he was taken prisoner by the enemy, and was exchanged at the Battle of Red Bank, when he was taken prisoner by the enemy, and

Third Virginia Regiment by Ovidge - He mentions at Farmville, Virginia, that his kind lost his discharge in the battle of Baltimore, and so consequently cannot pro- duce it, and that he is without any other proof of his services in the Revolutionary war, except his own oath, that he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the list of any State except Virginia and the following are the reasons for not making earlier appli- cation for a Pension, is that he has heretofore been alive through his industry to accumulate as much as would support him and that he has not been in possession of any property since the 18 th of March 1818, except what would support him from time to time by the continuance of industry, and in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820. I then said that I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any other manner whatsoever, disposed of any property, with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Marine services in the United States in the Revolutionary war before the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income whatsoever other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by the said schedule no property either real or personal of any kind or value is shown except my savings offered and the interest thereon, and I have no other property by virtue of the act entitled an act to provide for certain persons

diseases common to old people, I am unable to contribute to my own support. I was not raised to any trade, but have remained where else the business of making Post and Care from sworn to and subscribed the 10 th day of May 1826 before the County Court of Nicholas aforesaid
The Court doth Value the property in the foregoing schedule to Six Dollars (Wm Foster)
Virginia to wit
I Noah Davis Clerk of the County Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Six Dollars
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office on this 10 th day of July 1826
Virginia
Noah Davis Clerk of the Court for the terms of
Nicholas County to wit
I R. Kelley Presiding Justice of the Court of Nicholas County, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the attestation hereto annexed made by Noah Davis Clerk of the said Court, is in due form, and by the proper officer appointed by the laws of the said State for that purpose, and that full faith and credit is due thereto in every Court or office in the United States. Given under my hand and seal at the County of Nicholas the 10 th day of July 1826 and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six
R. Kelley J.P.